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then we need to look at the region from the perspective of pakistan afghanistan iran iraq so to arabia syria we have to understand all of those things and not simply push on want to assume that we can get away with it so i think that the wisest course of action going forward is accepting the iranians will probably have if not already a nuclear weapon and try to deal with them as a regional power and not provoke them i think the republican rhetoric is not helpful this one time i don't think that republican candidates even if they were elected would be able to fall through with any military action even if they wanted to hear such a lot of what anthony thank you for weighing in on this that was lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer a senior fellow with the advance with the center for advanced defense studies. well still ahead on our take the mainstream media has no problem labeling ron paul as a fringe candidate but can they really label him as extreme if he shares the same views as many americans tonight we'll ask if some people are playing dirty politics. new website with twenty four seven live
then we need to look at the region from the perspective of pakistan afghanistan iran iraq so to arabia syria we have to understand all of those things and not simply push on want to assume that we can get away with it so i think that the wisest course of action going forward is accepting the iranians will probably have if not already a nuclear weapon and try to deal with them as a regional power and not provoke them i think the republican rhetoric is not helpful this one time i don't think that...
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thousands take to the streets in syria. international condemnation after the invasion of the offices of non-governmental organizations onion israel. >> and a new austerity package. >> anti-government protesters to to the streets across syria in massive numbers, calling again for the resignation and prosecution of presidentsal- assad. activists were determined to hear their voices heard the big -- heard. huge demonstrations took place in damascus and duma. authorities used mail bombs to spurs the crowds. >> these treats screened with blood. many urgently needed medical care. the clouds of tear gas needed difficult for crowds to great. activists say this unconfirmed internet footage is from a suburb of the capital of damascus. this ries "-- reads the 30th of december. thousands came out to protest against the regime of president bashar al-assad. damascus and homs has become the center of the nine-month revolt. international authorities are trying to determine whether damascus is complying with a plan. protesters ran out in fo
thousands take to the streets in syria. international condemnation after the invasion of the offices of non-governmental organizations onion israel. >> and a new austerity package. >> anti-government protesters to to the streets across syria in massive numbers, calling again for the resignation and prosecution of presidentsal- assad. activists were determined to hear their voices heard the big -- heard. huge demonstrations took place in damascus and duma. authorities used mail bombs...
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. >>> we begin with syria tonight. for months, we have witnessed the world has witnessed men, women, children, demonstrating the streets. initially they called for reforms. those calls were met with arrests, torture, killing, they began to call for the overthrow of the regime. there has been more bloodshed in syria, and sadly that's nothing new tonight. what is new tonight is there's a team of observers from the arab league on the ground in syria. observers sent to verify that the president has removed military forces from the streets and is no longer attacking protesters. they've been on the ground about 48 hours. their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league ober force is a sudden and east commander. not only a commander but also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omaral bashir, a man wanted for genocide in crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team told reuters that things were calm and there were no clash
. >>> we begin with syria tonight. for months, we have witnessed the world has witnessed men, women, children, demonstrating the streets. initially they called for reforms. those calls were met with arrests, torture, killing, they began to call for the overthrow of the regime. there has been more bloodshed in syria, and sadly that's nothing new tonight. what is new tonight is there's a team of observers from the arab league on the ground in syria. observers sent to verify that the...
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what happens in syria finally. how the saudis react to all of this. they've not been happy with the united states for the past year, because of the way that we dispatched mubarak, and they said, you know, that's how you treat your friends, are you having a change at the top there? that has to be an important part of the debate in the next year. but my guess is that we won't hear very much about it, because people don't find a lot of political capital talking about that. >> just to pick up on one point there, there's a question that's hung over the iraq enterprise from day one and it's been this -- is iraq the way iraq is because saddam was the way saddam was? or was saddam the way saddam was because iraq was the way iraq was? is it a fractured, multisectarian country that could only be held together by an iron fist, first by saddam or residually by us? or is it not? we're going to get the answer to that question now. saddam's fist is gone, ours is gone, and the big question not just about iraq but all the arab springs is can they come together and wri
what happens in syria finally. how the saudis react to all of this. they've not been happy with the united states for the past year, because of the way that we dispatched mubarak, and they said, you know, that's how you treat your friends, are you having a change at the top there? that has to be an important part of the debate in the next year. but my guess is that we won't hear very much about it, because people don't find a lot of political capital talking about that. >> just to pick up...
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well of course the we how far reign we have to get in and we have syria all of these countries are also going through an extremely difficult situation right now. in fact russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said there is an all out civil war going on in yemen there were clashes between the protesters and police today in bahrain and we always get the same reports from syria with the rumored thousands of people supposedly killed in clashes with the government's hopefully the situation those countries will soon unravel in a different way with less bloodshed with less violence and hopefully the year two thousand and twelve will be happy one for them as well as for the entire region. exactly artie's the ridiculous could live from the egyptian capital the thank you ever so much color of course set to ring in the new year just want to two hours off to moscow. to go. but we have some news just in for you in fact with new year's eve u.s. president barack obama has signed into law the latest round of tough sanctions against iran this is something we've been talking about the past couple of days
well of course the we how far reign we have to get in and we have syria all of these countries are also going through an extremely difficult situation right now. in fact russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said there is an all out civil war going on in yemen there were clashes between the protesters and police today in bahrain and we always get the same reports from syria with the rumored thousands of people supposedly killed in clashes with the government's hopefully the situation those...
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gwen: if iran, the threat is up, syria's threat is up, maybe that provides the pretext. >> and all of these things are things that the white house has been very eager not to talk about. last thing they want stepping on their story about the end. war in iraq is conversation about new military involvement. it's not going to be anything like we've seen lately. but there's always -- there is an outstanding question about that. >> laura, i felt the white house really rolled out the red carpet. and they had a number of really high-profile events with the president of iraq. maliki. how is that relationship? >> you know, it's interesting. because i don't think the two of them are particularly close. but they both had their own domestic political concerns which lined up. maliki needs american troops out of iraq as much as obama needs to get out of iraq. and so essentially, that put them on the same path. and because of that, they're sort of partners in arms. they spent a lot of time one on one together. in the oval office. really discussing some very sensitive issues. and what was -- a fairly
gwen: if iran, the threat is up, syria's threat is up, maybe that provides the pretext. >> and all of these things are things that the white house has been very eager not to talk about. last thing they want stepping on their story about the end. war in iraq is conversation about new military involvement. it's not going to be anything like we've seen lately. but there's always -- there is an outstanding question about that. >> laura, i felt the white house really rolled out the red...
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iraq is a country bordering on syria. i'm concerned about the interest of iraq and the interest of the security of the region. i wish that what is required by the syrian people would be achieved without having -- without affecting the security of iraq. i know the two countries are related to each other and we must be very prudent in dealing with this matter. we were with the initiative by the arab league -- frankly speaking because we sovred from the blockade, we do not encourage blockade because it exhausts the people and the government. but we stood with the arab league. and we were very frank and we agreed on an initiative to perhaps -- it will be the last-minute initiative we'll see in the situation and will achieve the required change in syria without any violent operations that could affect the area in general. i believe that all the parties realize the dangers of a sectarian war in iraq and syria and in the region because it will be like a snowball that -- it will expand and be difficult to control it. we will try
iraq is a country bordering on syria. i'm concerned about the interest of iraq and the interest of the security of the region. i wish that what is required by the syrian people would be achieved without having -- without affecting the security of iraq. i know the two countries are related to each other and we must be very prudent in dealing with this matter. we were with the initiative by the arab league -- frankly speaking because we sovred from the blockade, we do not encourage blockade...
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. >>> later, our exclusive look inside the battle of homs, syria. the syrian army holding soldiers at bay in one neighborhood in homs. we'll hear from them. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> in crime and punishment, a twist in a story we have been following more than a year. police are investigating escort ads placed on backpage.com and three murders in detroit. police suspect a killer may be targeting escorts advertising online with that website. backpage.com takes in tens of millions of dollars each year for ads for adults. some are linked to sex crimes including child prostitution. officials say they are vigilent about monitoring the content of their ads and report abuses to the national center for exploited children. criminals use these websites as a tool to target victims. take a look. four women found dead in less than a week. bodies stuffed in the trunks of cars. police will not say if it's the work of a serial killer. three of the victims posted escort ads on backpage.com. >> with the vast increase in the use of social
. >>> later, our exclusive look inside the battle of homs, syria. the syrian army holding soldiers at bay in one neighborhood in homs. we'll hear from them. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> in crime and punishment, a twist in a story we have been following more than a year. police are investigating escort ads placed on backpage.com and three murders in detroit. police suspect a killer may be targeting escorts advertising online with that website....
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it began last january in tunisia and then two big stories were egypt and libya, syria, and overthrow of the dictatorships of mubarak, gaddafi and keep in mind this also happened in algeria, kuwait, sudan and even in saudi arabia, it was enabled by social media and television and a lot of people successfully prosecute old grievance and we don't know the outcome and these are companies that didn't have pluralism in any of their lifetimes. and figure out whether it was a force or not. >> our colleague would argue, he's on va weighingscation, this is turning out for the worse for u.s. strategic interest. we may be losing dictators, but our dictators, and there are islamists and people who don't have america's foreign policy interests in mind. >> it's dangerous, but we did not overthrow hosni mubarak, the people in the streets did. nothing we were going to be able to do to save mubarak, it was a process completely out of our control and probably hurt ourselves not being more engaged before it happened. >> jason, your biggest story? >> i'm going with the death of steve jobs being one of th
it began last january in tunisia and then two big stories were egypt and libya, syria, and overthrow of the dictatorships of mubarak, gaddafi and keep in mind this also happened in algeria, kuwait, sudan and even in saudi arabia, it was enabled by social media and television and a lot of people successfully prosecute old grievance and we don't know the outcome and these are companies that didn't have pluralism in any of their lifetimes. and figure out whether it was a force or not. >> our...
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human rights group and killing continues in syria and the turkish government bombed the kurds in northern turkey and libya is trying to form a government without any help from the united states. admittedly our options are limited. why are they limited? the arab spring started last january and at least 11 nations erupted defense existing dictatorships and the united states reaction, we don't know what to do because we don't know who the people are because we aren't engaged with those people. >> paul: for tareen or in part because of that reason and part because of the reluctance of the obama administration to lead in the world and like to lead from behind as one of the advisors famously told the new yorker, they played a pretty passive role here and i think-- >> i think they've done that as a matter of policy and they do not want to lead they want to engage with other multi-lateral institutions, i think what you're seeing in the middle east is a microcosm of what the world looks like when the world's leading power disengages itself. it begins to spin out of control on its own and this is l
human rights group and killing continues in syria and the turkish government bombed the kurds in northern turkey and libya is trying to form a government without any help from the united states. admittedly our options are limited. why are they limited? the arab spring started last january and at least 11 nations erupted defense existing dictatorships and the united states reaction, we don't know what to do because we don't know who the people are because we aren't engaged with those people....
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because if you take a look at the geography of syria, the geography of syria really favors the regime. when you think here is a country which has lebanon on one side, which is subordinate to syria, which has jordan on the other side, which is in a way, very, very wary of any intervention and they it has israel, which is very complicated relationship. then it has iraq. which is very sympathetic to the assad regime. then it has turkey. which has played cat and mouse with the syrian rebellion. it hints it will come in, but then it doesn't. so i think it's the recipe for a long, long war. >> anything that's going to happen? >> absolutely. this is where we are. the regime can't bury this revolution. the revolution can't overthrow the regime. when we look at the powers beyond, the international community has really been disgraceful. and the belief in the arab league has been such a sham. when you look at the sudanese general going to homs and saying he saw nothing frightening in homs. well, with all due respect, maybe his standards are the darfur standards. >> i'm, this is what i just canno
because if you take a look at the geography of syria, the geography of syria really favors the regime. when you think here is a country which has lebanon on one side, which is subordinate to syria, which has jordan on the other side, which is in a way, very, very wary of any intervention and they it has israel, which is very complicated relationship. then it has iraq. which is very sympathetic to the assad regime. then it has turkey. which has played cat and mouse with the syrian rebellion. it...
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if syria goes in a violent way, every one in syria will reach out for help outside. as they did ding the lebanese civil war and everyone outside will look for proxies inside because which way it goes will really affect the balance of power between iran and saudi arabia, between turkey and the kurds, between all the lebanese groups and lord knows-- . >> rose: it is not simply whether assad stays or goes, it is a question what comes after. >> exactlyment it's how the place ge ri constituted. i think what is so interesting about this year, because we're going to put 2011 in that list of 1989, 1848, it's going to be one of those years. you feel right now we' present at the creation again. you know, the dean achison, all present at the creation of something. at is so interesting of this, it feels like after world war i, after world war ii, after e cold war but this time there was no war. we are seeing states tumble as if there had been a war, but this time there was no war. it's happened through these internal waves. inside countries and spreading to others. >> rose: mark
if syria goes in a violent way, every one in syria will reach out for help outside. as they did ding the lebanese civil war and everyone outside will look for proxies inside because which way it goes will really affect the balance of power between iran and saudi arabia, between turkey and the kurds, between all the lebanese groups and lord knows-- . >> rose: it is not simply whether assad stays or goes, it is a question what comes after. >> exactlyment it's how the place ge ri...
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obviously, the arab league observers have just arrived in syria and suddenly in one of the most heavy especially guarded parts of the capital that has been on police lockdown for many months, you get these attacks happening. many opposition act visits believe this is the regime of assad trying to present the protesters not as democracy activists but as terrorists. that is why they believe assad's regime could have been actually behind the blasts. listen. >> this has all the finger prints of a regime trying to continue to control the message that they are the ones that are responding to terrorists and at the end of the day they are trying to say, well, if we lose assad we will end up with al qaeda and they are just creating fabrications. >>jonathan: that narrative is one that the regime has been pushing. this is all about terrorism, not democracy. >>gregg: what is the reaction from american officials? >>jonathan: the state department spokesman issued a statement today condemning the violence, not pointing fingers at anybody in particular and saying it is crucial that the attack today n
obviously, the arab league observers have just arrived in syria and suddenly in one of the most heavy especially guarded parts of the capital that has been on police lockdown for many months, you get these attacks happening. many opposition act visits believe this is the regime of assad trying to present the protesters not as democracy activists but as terrorists. that is why they believe assad's regime could have been actually behind the blasts. listen. >> this has all the finger prints...
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cnn can't send a correspondent into syria. but our reporter is monitoring the situation from cairo tonight. the syrian government says al qaeda -- i don't believe the pronouncements by the syrian government. what do we know? >> reporter: john, as you said, the syrian government blaming al qaeda. but the opposition groups we're speaking with in syria, the activists there, they're laying the blame at the doorstep of bashad. they say it's convenient at a time when arab lead monitors in syria that bashad would make these claims. in this ten months the uprising has been going on, he's said repeatedly he and his troops are fighting terrorists, even though the international community is condemning he and his regime for the violence there, they maintain there is terror within syria's borders. they say he's done this to convince them that al qaeda is there. but his crackdown against pro democracy demonstrators will exist. >> you mention that had arab league team in there. is there any sense this will impact their work as they try to do
cnn can't send a correspondent into syria. but our reporter is monitoring the situation from cairo tonight. the syrian government says al qaeda -- i don't believe the pronouncements by the syrian government. what do we know? >> reporter: john, as you said, the syrian government blaming al qaeda. but the opposition groups we're speaking with in syria, the activists there, they're laying the blame at the doorstep of bashad. they say it's convenient at a time when arab lead monitors in syria...
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these are tertse terrorists aftr syria. it gives a bad start to the monitoring group to ham o happey with a bombing in d dasmascus. >> images and stories haveoccurs in syria with a tremendous loss of life. >> we a massacre in a smallvill. >> between 60 and 0 100 peoplewy surrounded the town and shelled the town. and apparently this was a village that was harbor being army defectors. and that seems to be what sparked the most horrific incident in this ten month old uprising. we have reports of two mass cures. one of a group of men who were defecting from the army. they were on their way to the turkish border and they were surrounded and this vil villagep in the mountainous part of syria near the border. r > we are beginning to seevide. the electricity if i ther the hn off and the phone comowncation has been down. and we did see videos in the last 24 hours bodies laid out in mosques there. men with name tags it looked like notebook paper taped on to their bodies. and the cell phone camera pans across dozens of bodies from thi
these are tertse terrorists aftr syria. it gives a bad start to the monitoring group to ham o happey with a bombing in d dasmascus. >> images and stories haveoccurs in syria with a tremendous loss of life. >> we a massacre in a smallvill. >> between 60 and 0 100 peoplewy surrounded the town and shelled the town. and apparently this was a village that was harbor being army defectors. and that seems to be what sparked the most horrific incident in this ten month old uprising. we...
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. >>> up close on syria. an arab league fact finding mission. some activists say it was a ploy to buy time. the mission's leader is a military commander in sudan and was head of foreign intelligence in sudan. the government is accused of genocide in drafour. in every city, they reported more deaths, at least 35 people in all. this amateur video, let's take a look. this amateur video showed soldiers firing at protesters in a suburb of damascus. you can hear them chanting "god is great." it's impossible to verify the video. they won't allow international journalists inside the country. one reporter got in. he snuck into the oppositions stronghold. we are not revealing his name for his own safety. he hopes to go back. tonight, we have more video. they are no longer willing to shoot and kill their own people. >> reporter: the neighborhood fighters took me into a house where their men were engaged in a shoot out from snipers with the military. these men say they are from forces. they call themselves the free syrian army. one of the men managed to tak
. >>> up close on syria. an arab league fact finding mission. some activists say it was a ploy to buy time. the mission's leader is a military commander in sudan and was head of foreign intelligence in sudan. the government is accused of genocide in drafour. in every city, they reported more deaths, at least 35 people in all. this amateur video, let's take a look. this amateur video showed soldiers firing at protesters in a suburb of damascus. you can hear them chanting "god is...
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. >>> later, our exclusive look inside the battle of homs, syria. the syrian army holding soldiers at bay in one neighborhood in homs. we'll hear from them. nyquil (stuffy): hey, tylenol. you know we're kinda like twins. tylenol: we are? nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. here you go. driver's license. past five years' tax returns. high school report cards. and i'm gonna need to see a receipt for that watch you're wearing. you know, you really should provide us with a checklist of documents we're gonna need up front. who do you think i am? quicken loans? at quicken loans, we provide a checklist of the mortgage documents you'll need up front. it helps keep you in the know every step of the way. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. >>> in crime and punishment, a twist in a story we have been following more than a year. police are
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but, cbs news correspondent clarissa ward was able to slip into syria. tonight, she speaks to a growing army of rebels fighting for their freedom. >> reporter: it was not a long drive, but our guides were taking no chances. past a government checkpoint, the car twisted along dark back roads outside the capital city damascus. after a certain point, we were blindfolded to protect the location of the safe house where we would find members of the free syrian army. they are former syrian soldiers. they say they refused orders to fire on their own countrymen and so decided to take up arms against the assad regime. the commander spoke off camera for his own security. he told us "we are fighting those who have made our children orphaned and our wives widows." he claimed that his men have carried out attacks on military targets around the capital-- the heart of assad's power base. no one knows just how large the free syrian army is. the number of defectors appears to be growing. in this video posted by the opposition, former syrian soldiers pledge to defend the s
but, cbs news correspondent clarissa ward was able to slip into syria. tonight, she speaks to a growing army of rebels fighting for their freedom. >> reporter: it was not a long drive, but our guides were taking no chances. past a government checkpoint, the car twisted along dark back roads outside the capital city damascus. after a certain point, we were blindfolded to protect the location of the safe house where we would find members of the free syrian army. they are former syrian...
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what do you project happening in syria? >> the international community will come down hard or syria. seeing what takes place when regimes resist the voice of the people. the people are now coming out by the thousands. syria is reacting by using force to suppress them. the result will be that this regime will be gone. we are seeing a continuation of the arab spring and this is one thing taking place in syria and i mighting is to the extent that iran continues to crack down in the fashion they have, given the economic conditions we will see a change in iranian policy in terms of not going forward with the nuclear program or see a change in regime. that's something they may have to be concerned about and should be. >> that is quite a projection for the new year. happy new year to you. >> same to you. >> thanks so much for all of your help this year. looking ahead, what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours. that's next here on "andrea mitchell reports." ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪
what do you project happening in syria? >> the international community will come down hard or syria. seeing what takes place when regimes resist the voice of the people. the people are now coming out by the thousands. syria is reacting by using force to suppress them. the result will be that this regime will be gone. we are seeing a continuation of the arab spring and this is one thing taking place in syria and i mighting is to the extent that iran continues to crack down in the fashion...
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presence of arab league monitors have not stopped the killing in syria. activists say 26 more people were killed today. tonight, correspondent virtus looks at what is changing -- sport leland vittert looks at what is changing and what isn't in syria. >> the sound of the automatic weapons fire to allow in the arab league observers a ploy to buy time to crush the resistance. thousands risk their live in the street to demand the end of the president's regime. protesters are learning, thoughk, using look out to stop the rooftop snipers. no one is safe in the street. women and children routinely run to dodge bullets. they square off with the soldiers willing to take aim. we don't know how this standoff ended. >> those videotaping are also in danger. one camera man captures soldiers shouting allegiance and then running counterrecharge and firing with no regard. >> activists claim the courses are escorted by the government spies to make it impossible to report atrocities. they want the head monitor replaced. human rights record is in question given a previous po
presence of arab league monitors have not stopped the killing in syria. activists say 26 more people were killed today. tonight, correspondent virtus looks at what is changing -- sport leland vittert looks at what is changing and what isn't in syria. >> the sound of the automatic weapons fire to allow in the arab league observers a ploy to buy time to crush the resistance. thousands risk their live in the street to demand the end of the president's regime. protesters are learning,...
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>>> plus, could twin suicide bombings in syria be the work of al qaeda? and happy holidays on wall street. holiday shoppers give the struggling economy a boost. >>> good day, i'm luke russert live in washington. the dramatic standoff over the payroll tax cut ended with the we werer shortly after 10:00 this morning when given the chance to object to the senate bill freshman house republicans kept quiet and let it pass. earlier today senate majority leader harry reid couldn't help taking a jab at the conservatives who had led the fight. >> i hope this congress has had a very good learning experience, especially those who are newer to this body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight. >> nbc's mike joins us from the white house and mike is nbc's political director. mike, give me the state of play. a little bit less to this press, is he going to take a little victory lap before his trip to a way we? >> i think so. he's going to punctuate the events from the week. it started with president obama on the defensive. he appeared in the br
>>> plus, could twin suicide bombings in syria be the work of al qaeda? and happy holidays on wall street. holiday shoppers give the struggling economy a boost. >>> good day, i'm luke russert live in washington. the dramatic standoff over the payroll tax cut ended with the we werer shortly after 10:00 this morning when given the chance to object to the senate bill freshman house republicans kept quiet and let it pass. earlier today senate majority leader harry reid couldn't...
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>>> we begin tonight with syria and are keeping an honest report. for months the world has witnessed men, will and children, demonstrating in the streets. initially they called for reforms, when those calls were met with arrests and torture and killings, they began to call for overthrow. there's a team of observers from the arab league now on the ground in syria. observers sent in to verify that syria's president, bashar al assad, is keeping his promises to remove military forces from streets, to stop violence against protesters. they've been on the ground for 48 hours and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of the arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander mohammed mustafa al dabbi, he's the former head of intelligence in the government of omar basher. a man wanted for crimes against humanity. he told "reuters" that quote things were calm and there were no clashes in homs. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess, but there was nothing fri
>>> we begin tonight with syria and are keeping an honest report. for months the world has witnessed men, will and children, demonstrating in the streets. initially they called for reforms, when those calls were met with arrests and torture and killings, they began to call for overthrow. there's a team of observers from the arab league now on the ground in syria. observers sent in to verify that syria's president, bashar al assad, is keeping his promises to remove military forces from...